Journal Metrics Score: a 2-year citation average from OpenAlex
Citations received in the most recent complete year to a journal's works from the two prior years, divided by the number of those works — open data (CC0).

2026 Journal Metrics Score Search

Find Journal Metrics Scores for Nature, Science, Cell, PNAS, Nature Communications instantly

Search 22,640 journals across 243 OpenAlex subfields, with quartiles (Q1–Q4). Updated August 2026.
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Choose a subject category from the journal database, then sort the field page by Journal Metrics Score or quartile.

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Medicine

Medicine Journals

Clinical medicine, public health, epidemiology, specialties, and translational medical research.

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Cardiology

Cardiology Journals

Cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, heart disease, vascular biology, and clinical cardiovascular research.

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Surgery

Surgery Journals

Surgical specialties, operative techniques, outcomes, perioperative care, and clinical surgery research.

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Oncology

Oncology & Cancer Journals

Cancer research, oncology practice, tumor biology, therapeutics, screening, and clinical cancer studies.

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience Journals

Neuroscience, neurology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular neuroscience, and brain research journals.

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Psychology

Psychology Journals

Clinical, cognitive, social, developmental, applied, and experimental psychology journals.

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Biology & Basic Science

Biology & Basic Science Journals

Molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, plant science, ecology, and broad life-science journals.

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Engineering

Engineering Journals

Electrical, mechanical, civil, aerospace, biomedical, manufacturing, and systems engineering journals.

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Computer Science

Computer Science Journals

Artificial intelligence, software, networks, information systems, theory, and computing journals.

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Chemistry

Chemistry Journals

Organic, inorganic, analytical, physical, materials, and chemical engineering journals.

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Physics & Astronomy

Physics & Astronomy Journals

Physics, astronomy, optics, condensed matter, high-energy physics, and applied physics journals.

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Environmental Science

Environmental & Earth Science Journals

Environmental science, ecology, climate, earth science, geoscience, and sustainability journals.

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Social Sciences

Social Sciences Journals

Sociology, political science, communication, education, anthropology, law, and social policy journals.

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Free Research Tools

Tools for writing up your study

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Journal finder

Paste your title and abstract to find journals from every publisher, with quartile, APC and time to acceptance.

PRISMA flow diagram generator

Make a PRISMA 2020 flow diagram from your screening counts, check the arithmetic, and download Word, PNG or PDF.

Sample size calculator

Minimum survey sample size for a confidence level and margin of error, with an optional population size.

Power analysis calculator

Sample size for 80% power, or the power of a planned study, for t-tests, ANOVA, correlation and proportions.

Forest plot maker

Pool study results with a random- or fixed-effect meta-analysis and download the forest plot.

PRISMA-ScR flow diagram

A selection diagram for scoping reviews, using sources-of-evidence wording.

Krejcie and Morgan table

The 1970 table of sample sizes for populations from 10 to 1,000,000, with a calculator for any N.

CONSORT flow diagram generator

Participant flow for a randomised trial in the CONSORT 2025 layout, with count checks and Word, PNG or PDF downloads.

STROBE checklist

Fill in the 22 STROBE items for a cohort, case-control or cross-sectional study and download it as a Word file.

PRISMA 2020 checklist

The 27-item checklist and the 12-item abstract checklist for systematic reviews, ready to fill in and download.

Data availability statement generator

Wording for open, restricted, third-party or no-data cases, with checks for the phrasing journals send back.

Hunt and Hess scale calculator

Grade aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage from I to V, with the original criteria, evidence and published cases.

Corrected calcium calculator

Adjust total calcium for albumin in mg/dL or mmol/L, with result ranges, the evidence and published cases.

NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) calculator

Score all 15 items for a total from 0 to 42, with the scoring rules, evidence and published cases.

Trust & Quality

Journal data, publishing guidance, and clear review standards

Journal Metrics is built to help researchers verify journal metrics quickly and understand the publishing decisions around them. We document how data is maintained, how guides are reviewed, and how readers can request corrections.

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Research Guides

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These guides answer common journal selection, publishing, and metrics questions and create stronger internal paths for both users and crawlers.

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